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'''''Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field''''', is an American magazine published monthly in [[Oakland, California]]. It is the news organ and trade journal for the English language [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy (genre)|fantasy]] fields.<ref>{{cite news |title=Charles N. Brown: Sci-Fi enthusiast and founder of 'Locus' magazine |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charles-n-brown-scifi-enthusiast-and-founder-of-locus-magazine-1780253.html |newspaper=The Independent|location=[[London]], England |at=Obituaries |date=2 September 2009|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref> It also publishes comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genres.<ref>{{citeAversa, webElizabeth. |url=http://wwwMiller, Cynthia J.locusmag Perrault, Anna.com/index Wohlmuth, Sonia Ramirez.php{{cite book|title=LocusInformation Online:Resources Thein Websitethe ofHumanities The Magazine ofand the ScienceArts, Fiction & Fantasy Field6th Edition|workurl=Locus{{Google Onlinebooks|accessdatexZNxDwAAQBAJ|page=4 April 2011161|plainurl=yes}}|page=161}}</ref> The magazine also presents the annual [[Locus Awards]]. ''[[Locus Online]]'' was launched in April 1997, as a semi-autonomous web version of ''Locus Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/Home/AboutLocusOnline.html |title=Locus Online: About the Website|work=Locus Online|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref>

''Locus'' has won many [[Hugo Award]]s, first the [[Hugo Award for Best Fanzine]], and then in 1984 when the new category "Best [[Semiprozine]]" was established. {{As of|2012}}, ''Locus'' won the award for "Best Fanzine" eight times and for "Best Semiprozine" 22 times during the category's first 29 years. In 2012 "Best Semiprozine" was redefined to exclude all small, independent genre magazines as "professional publications" if they had either "(1) provided at least a quarter the income of any one person or, (2) was owned or published by any entity which provided at least a quarter the income of any of its staff and/or owner."; this included ''Locus''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-categories/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2017-04-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5yUueQukn?url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-categories/ |archivedate=2011-05-07 |df= }}</ref> There is no longer a "Professional Magazine" Hugo Award; that original category was replaced in 1973 by the current "Best Editor."